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I thought that nothing could made me feel more nostalgic than seeing Norton Commander but then I saw Battle Chess. Earlier today I was reading about the histor
by zkirill 5y ago
I thought that nothing could made me feel more nostalgic than seeing Norton Commander but then I saw Battle Chess.
Earlier today I was reading about the history of ThinkPad and found this gem on Wikipedia:
"ThinkPads have a distinct black, boxy design language, inspired by a Japanese bento lunchbox, which originated in 1990 and is still used in some models."[1]
I miss those days.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkPad
- iancmceachern 5y agoYes! I forgot about Battle Chess!
- G3rn0ti 5y agoBest version was on the Amiga: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1072739559 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1072739559
- yread 5y agoif you liked NC you will love Total commander (windows only unfortunately)
- anon_123g987 5y agoThere is a whole host of orthodox dual-pane file managers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager#Dual-pane_managers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_manager#Dual-pane_manager.... On Linux, I'm using GNOME Commander, and Midnight Commander in the terminal. On KDE, Krusader is the greatest.
- teddyh 5y agoFor Linux, there’s Midnight Commander.
- timbit42 5y agoGentoo is a great Linux dual-pane file manager, but they should change the name to not conflict with the Linux distro of the same name.
- tech2 5y agoOr Directory Opus. I preferred the version 3 approach with two side by side directories, but the current version is ridiculously configurable.
- grishka 5y agoFor macOS, there's Marta, made by someone I know.
- stockerta 5y agoDos Navigator was way better than Norton Commander.
- h2odragon 5y agoXTree!
- sandworm101 5y agoXtree gold. And LapLink. I was watching an old sitcom recently (Newsradio) and the prop computers on the set all appear to be running xtree.
- stevesimmons 5y agoAnd the text editor Brief [1]. I used this in my first uni holiday job in 1988... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brief_(text_editor) I still miss its keystrokes: one 'Home' for start of line, a second 'Home' for top of page, a third 'Home' for start of file.
- selfhoster11 5y agoThere is an open source clone: https://sourceforge.net/projects/grief/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/grief/
- stevesimmons 5y agoThank you for that!
- nameless_me 5y agoYes Xtree! Oh my major flashback...